Washington Agriculture By The Numbers
By Source: U.S. Department of Agriculture January 9, 2012
This article originally appeared in the February 2012 issue of Seattle magazine.
TOP 40 WASHINGTON STATE COMMODITIES, 2010
1. Apples $1,443,890*
2. Milk 950,061
3. Wheat 925,265
4. Potatoes 654,456
5. Cattle & Calves 568,317
6. Hay 508,680
7. Cherries 367,208
8. Nursery/Greenhouse 300,002
9. Grapes 213,744
10. Pears 189,319
11. Onions 168,810
12. Hops 160,937
13. Sweet Corn 146,656
14. Corn for Grain 139,656
15. Eggs 120,732
16. Aquaculture 102,689
17. Corn for Silage 82,013
18. Broilers 61,360
19. Mint Oil 60,832
20. Blueberries 54,664
21. Red Raspberries 50,254
22. Christmas Trees 42,750
23. Dry Edible Beans 38,528
24. KY Bluegrass Seed 30,800
25. Lentils 25,912
26. Barley 22,512
27. Haylage 20,965
28. Mushrooms 20,669
29. Alfalfa Seed 20,500
30. Green Peas for Processing 19,061
31. Asparagus 17,588
32. Dry Edible Peas 14,858
33. Other Grass Seed 9,910
34. Carrots for Processing 9,471
35. Wrinkled Seed Peas 8,580
36. Farm Forest Products 8,000
37. Strawberries 7,640
38. Apricots 6,908
39. Cranberries 6,726
40. Peaches 5,017
*Numbers are in the thousands.
WASHINGTONS RANK IN U.S. AGRICULTURE
| Commodity | Rank (Based on 2010 Production) | % of US Production |
| Red Raspberries | 1 | 91.0 |
| Hops | 1 | 79.8 |
| Spearmint Oil | 1 | 74.6 |
| Wrinkled Seed Peas | 1 | 67.2 |
| Apples | 1 | 59.7 |
| Sweet Cherries | 1 | 50.5 |
| All Pears | 1 | 47.8 |
| Concord Grapes | 1 | 43.4 |
| Processing Carrots | 1 | 36 |
| Asparagus | 1 | 28.5 |
| Peppermint Oil | 2 | 27.7 |
| Niagara Grapes | 2 | 25.3 |
| Processing Green Peas | 2 | 25.1 |
| Processing Sweet Corn | 2 | 24.4 |
| Potatoes | 2 | 22.7 |
| Onions, All Summer | 2 | 21.4 |
| Apricots | 2 | 9.0 |
| All Grapes | 2 | 4.5 |
| Nectarines | 2 | 3.5 |
| Lentils | 3 | 9.9 |
| Dry Edible Peas | 3 | 9.1 |
| Tart Cherries | 3 | 8.1 |
| Prunes/Plums | 3 | 1.1 |
| All Wheat | 4 | 6.7 |
| Blueberries | 5 | 10.1 |
| Fresh Market Sweet Corn | 5 | 8.3 |
| Cranberries | 5 | 1.6 |
| Strawberries | 5 | .4 |